password theft...best secure email service?

[eddiebravo]

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bsobel

I'm having trouble with a psycho ex constantly hacking into my yahoo/gmail/hotmail email accounts, snooping through my business and changing the password to lock me out of them, no matter how many times I create a new account and totally randomized password. Few questions:

1) How can she keep getting my password? She doesn't live anywhere near me, so its not like she is using a key logger since she has no access to my computer. Are there any common methods to hack into yahoo/gmail/hotmail email accounts?

2) What is the best secure email service available? Free would be ideal, but I would definitely be willing to pay a small fee if it would guarantee that she couldn't get access to it. I seem to find a lot of services offering encrypted e-mails, but my issue is more with preventing unwanted access than it is with securing emails that I have sent out into the interwebs.

3) Do I have any legal recourse for this repeated password theft and unwanted account hijacking?

Thanks a lot for any help.

 

[eddiebravo]

One other question...She had access to my computer in the past, so it is possible that she installed a keylogger then and its still here without me knowing it. How can I totally flush my system of any possibly hidden programs like that? Thanks again.

 

[BassBomb]

Many passwords are easy to brute force,

By totally randomized you probably are not doing some of the things that can help you make a better password

Do not use real words, use upper and lower case, use some numbers, use symbols (if you can)

How does she even find out what your new account name is?